The journey behind the Port Lands bridges

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Written By Christian Allaire

“The point of the Port Lands Flood Protection Project was to be able to reclaim 240 acres of land from flooding and as part of this they basically created a new manmade island which required four new bridges to be installed,”

said Thomas McNutt, structural engineer with Harbourside Engineering Consultants, during a presentation at the Canadian Institute for Steel Construction’s conference in Toronto.

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Port Lands Flood Protection and Redevelopment
Port Lands Flood Protection and Redevelopment

Harbourside Engineering provided erection engineering services for the fabrication, transportation, and erection of four steel arch bridges for Waterfront Toronto, Ontario. Two of the new bridges cross the Keating Channel to replace the previous Cherry Street North Bridge, and the other two, on Cherry Street and Commissioners Street, cross the new river valley at the mouth of the Don River. Most of the work to build and coat these structures was completed in Nova Scotia, and they were later transported by barge to Toronto.

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